Cinderella’s lost slipper has turned up – right on top of The Ritz Carlton’s fairy tale log cake ($80), made of Guanaja chocolate mousse, pumpkin cinnamon cream, pumpkin seeds and a chocolate shoe. Call 6434 5288.

A gift with more gifts, Laurent Bernard’s chocolate Christmas tree ($49 to $85) is a dark chocolate tree with pralines and mendiants (chocolate discs with almonds and other nuts) for branches. Visit www.nibschocolate.net.

Save Bakerzin’s galette des rois ($40) for last, as it’s traditional to eat it on the twelfth night of Christmas, 6 January. The person who gets the fève (toy) baked inside it gets to be king for the rest of the day. Call any Bakerzin out

In theory, the idea of making a gingerbread house is one of joy and good, clean fun. In reality, getting those walls to stick together with icing sugar is enough to send someone into a Christmas meltdown. Chocolate logs are another example – no matter how many times you go in for the ‘roll’, they never look as good as they do in the photos. So why stress out over dessert when there are plenty of gorgeous bakeries and chefs willing to do the work for you across Singapore? Flick through the gallery above and find the sweet treat that whispers your name.